The newly released “cheap” Meike A7/r/s vertical grip is in Stock for the first time today at Amazon US (Click here), [shoplink 30140 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Alibabaexpress (Click here).
And also the new [shoplink 30115 ebay]Ownuser Sony A6000 grip (Click here)[/shoplink] is shipping.
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This is not a rumor.
You seriously need to get a “grip.”
Lol you made me laugh
Be interested to try one of these, I wonder if it ‘feels’ any better than the original grip? The timer remote function would be very handy indeed, kind of just wish they actually went with a slightly improved grip rather than just copy the original which is good in landscape but not so great in portrait (which Sony normally do so very well!).
Looks like it matches the A7 quite nicely, the remote is an added plus. A bargain.
It looks like they use the body +grip publication photos from Sony and just simply add in their own remote.
Good eye. The photos are without a doubt the same with the remote added in. Not sure how I feel about giving my business to a company involved in stealing photos of their competition to promote their own product. Shady at best.
Wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole. There’s a reason they’re not willing to use photos of their own product…
And I think the scale of the remote is out too~
I believe they have release their own product shot of the grip and it looks very cheesy and plasticky. Anyways, if anyone need to get this, they will have to read a review first just to be safe
I’m sorry, really, but couldn’t they have changed it just a little bit? I have a hard time supporting cheap knockoffs that blatantly abuse patent rights. I cannot reward plagiarism. I wouldn’t want someone doing it to me.
Just make a little change. Heck, try to make it better. But patent abuse hurts the original brand that makes the item possible. Why would I want to hurt Sony? It’s not like buying an off brand lens that Sony doesn’t make.
Selling along it with an IR remote is not a design change. It’s an added bonus.
You can’t patent the way an item look, only function. So there is no infringement here. You can make a cellphone that looks exactly like an iPhone and it’s perfectly legal as long as you don’t copy their trademark as well. But again, I am not a fan of Chinese quality and the Sony grip isn’t that expensive either.
Expensive or not is very subjective. Let’s put it this way; why spend 3.5 times more for a product that offer less features?
Same features. The remote works with camera IR, not the grip. It’s no different than any other remote. Nothing unique to the grip itself. Would work fine without it.
Nice to include it though. Good value, on the surface.
After reading specs, I may be wrong, as in “incorrect”, too quick to speak, embarrassed, and apologetic.
Tell that to Apple…
you are so wrong. The coca cola glass bottle is protected. You can’t copy its “look”, shape or design.
You are so wrong. The coca cola glass bottle WAS protected. And no need for the redundant words, ‘design’ would have been sufficient.
Since when did it stop being protected? show us the links wiseass
sorry I don’t do other peoples homework
33 sold in 24 hours. looks like they went up on the price $10. admin i hope they give you a commission!
Sony where is my gold covered A7? I want one and I will buy it for real!
ask Hasselblad, they are the Sony’s camera tuner…
By the way that thing is ugly, uses animal skin and costs 40.000$. NOPE
So what camera do U have, Canon? Same crap in now a days like Nikon …
Great! Just what I have been waiting for. Now it looks, measures, weighs just like my Nikon I’ve been planning to abandon.
Full Frame mirrorless with most lenses will be not much lighter/smaller than DSLR.
If you’re not into small MF primes, why would you want to switch?
So why make them? Nikon is already superb… but heavy. The mirrorless market is supposed to change things.
A7 with 35 f/2.8 can probably fit in a coat pocket
There’re also those Loxia manual-focus compact primes, and probably some Leica/Voigtlander MF glass…
That’s pretty much it, at the cost of crippled AF, ergonomics and batteries
The whole ‘compactness’ and ‘versatility’ thing is vastly overstated
do we really need a “reminder” post for this again? geez…talk about shameless advertising plugs!
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Reminder: Meike Sony A7/r/s vertical grip in Stock at Amazon and eBay. 🙂